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Weaker subscription deals have hit indie publishers, says analyst | GamesIndustry.biz (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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Smaller subscription deals and the underperformance of certain titles have had a severe impact on Devolver and TinyBuild, says stockbroking firm Goodbody.

Both companies floated at the peak of the games business in 2021 and have seen their share prices plummet over the past two years. Devolver has seen its share price drop 92% since its peak in January 2022, while TinyBuild's has fallen 95%

"We have seen from Devolver and TinyBuild that subscription is under pressure at the moment," says Patrick O'Donnell, technology and video gaming analyst at Goodbody.

"The cheques coming from Sony and Microsoft are just not as big as they were. And that creates problems if you're concentrated on that side of the market.

"TinyBuild, of all of them, was most exposed. Devolver was exposed, but not quite as much."

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, no.

This we will own nothing and be happy for it is exactly what got the world into it's current mess and it really makes to many investor groups salvate at the thought of it.

He has a point where eventually these companies that have merged and want to run their own subscription is gonna kill this and people's wallet for most of the money to go to the major players and devs anyways.

I'm sure Epic would love to have a subscription bundle and it would absolutely dry up money for indie studios unless they have private cash flow